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Walk The Talk | Year: 2000 Classification: Comedy Directed: - Shirley Barrett "Most of us have no idea what special gift we've been given" I've waited for years for another film from Australian director, Shirley Barrett. Barrett directed "Love Serenade," and if you've seen it, then you'll know why I wanted to see her next film. "Love Serenade" is a bizarre film, and "Walk the Talk" is not a disappointment. The phrase "Walk the Talk," by the way, is common jargon in the self-improvement world. In "Walk the Talk," Joey Grasso (Salvatore Coco) attends inspirational, self-help seminars, and there he absorbs the gung-ho-no-one-can-stop-us-now attitude. He also attends church with his girlfriend, Bonita, who is wheelchair bound following a car accident. Bonita has a very large settlement from the accident, and she found Grasso and religion in hospital. Grasso repeats the empty platitudes from the self-help seminars to Bonita, and he insists that one day she'll walk down the aisle in a wedding dress. There is something rather odd about Grasso-although he seems well-intentioned, there's a hole where his soul should be, and from that hole, inspirational, self-improvement jargon spews forth. Grasso meets has-been lounge singer Nikki Raye at a local talent contest. He's smitten on the spot, and so he devises a plan to become Nikki Raye's agent-launching her career and gaining her affections at the same time. He decides to become an agent, open an office, lease a sports car, and start working on Nikki's career (she'll be his sole client). The only problem is money. He needs it--lots of it--and Bonita has it. Grasso, who at first seemed rather harmless, reveals a manipulative side, and as he dominates Bonita, it becomes clear that he paid attention at those seminars. The film had many hilarious sequences (for Nikki Raye's auditions, for example, I was in stitches), but I really couldn't classify the film as a comedy. It is far too serious for that, and I think without the comedy, the film would be depressing and extremely dark. The plot was impossible to predict throughout, and the film succeeds with its originality, vision, comedy, and strong characters. Ultimately the surreal ending is open for interpretation. If you enjoyed "Love Serenade" or if you are a fan of Australian film, find a copy of this DVD. "Walk the Talk" really gave me a great deal to think about, and I will watch it again soon-displacedhuman. Buy Walk The Talk at Amazon.com Buy posters at Allposters.com Jamster - the latest ringtones for your phone!  Search with Walhello on the Internet on Walk The Talk Search with the Priority Search Engine on Walk The Talk This page in other languages: Suomeksi | Nederlands | Deutsch
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